Overshoe



(No Model.)

M. S. VARLEYL OVERSHOE. No. 449,340. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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PATENT MARTIN S. VARLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Tietters Patent 1T0. 449,340, dated March31, 1891.

Application filed January 5,1891. Serial No. 376,788. (No specimens.)

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IVIARTIN S. VARLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Overshoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement.

in the class of overshoe having as means for preventing it from slippingoff the foot an elastic band or strap extending from opposite sides ofthe overshoe near the heel portion thereof and passing around the heelportion, being shorter and describing a shorter curve than the latter tofit tightly above the heel and into the back of the shoe upon which theovershoe is worn, thus into the spcciesof olfset produced by the fit ofthe shoe upon the foot of the wearer.

The objects of my improvement are to prevent the tendency to slipping ofthe heel portion of the overshoe, which the mere band referred to doesnot obviate, by connecting it to such heel portion at the back thereofby a suitable band, and to save material in the manufacture of theovershoe by omitting from the upper edge of the-heel portion enough ofthe material to about correspond with that used for the retaining-band,whereby the expense of providing the latter shall be reduced to theminimum.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoeprovided with a rubber having my improved holding means applied to it.Fig. 2 is a similar View of a broken and somewhat enlarged section ofthe rubber, the section being taken lengthwise centrally through theheel portion of the same.

A is a rubber or similar form of overshoe.

B is a strap formed of elastic material and secured at opposite ends toopposite sides forward of the heel portion of the rubber, as indicatedat 00 in Fig. '2, to encircle the shoe O on which the rubber or overshoeis worn at the part 0" of the said shoe or just above the counterportion thereof. The strap B is shorter than the curved counter portionor heel of the overshoe, whereby insertion of the shoe 0 into the rubberstretches the strap, which contracts against the part 0 when the rubberhas been slipped in place, and thus prevents the rubber from beingaccidentally pulled off. To hold the rubber against all liability tobeing accidentally slipped off at the heel, I fasten the strap B fromabout its center by a strap D, of either elastic or inelastic material,(though preferably the latter,) to the back of the heel portion of therubber, as shown in Fig. 2. fastened atits lower end portion to theinner back portion of the counter of the overshoe from its lowerextremity to about the point y, being free above that point, and at itsupper end portion it is secured to the strap B.

The application of the strap B may be made to extend from an offsetformed by cutting a section of the heel portion of the rubber from theupper edge, as represented in Fig. 2, though that is not essential tothe use of the combined straps 13 and D. However, the provision of theoffset affords the advantages of lightening the overshoe, economizing inmaterial, and reducing the cost of providing my improvement. Neitherneed the strap B be permanently attached at its ends, though theconstruction shown and described is much preferred. The elastic strapmay be placed upon the rubber in the manufacture of the latter, and itsends where attached may extend between the outside rubber portion of theovershoe and the fabric lining therefor, which is usually provided.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, an overshoe having an elastic strap Bextending from The strap D is

